This list is of the Places of Scenic Beauty of Japan located within the Prefecture of Saitama.[1]
As of 1 July 2014, three Places have been designated at a national level; Sanbaseki Gorge spans the prefectural borders with Gunma and Landscape of Oku no Hosomichi is a serial designation spanning ten prefectures.[2][3][4]
Site | Municipality | Comments | Image | Coordinates | Type | Ref. |
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Nagatoro Valley 長瀞 Nagatoro |
Nagatoro/Minano | also a Natural Monument | 36°05′46″N 139°06′54″E / 36.09618973°N 139.11491542°E | 6 | [1] | |
Sanbaseki Gorge 三波石峡 Sanbasekkyō |
Kamikawa | also a Natural Monument; designation includes an area of Fujioka in Gunma Prefecture | 36°07′46″N 139°01′46″E / 36.12935391°N 139.02935467°E | 5, 6 | [2] | |
Landscape of Oku no Hosomichi - Sōka-matsubara おくのほそ道の風景地 草加松原 Oku no Hosomichi no fūkei-chi Sōka-matsubara |
Sōka | designation spans ten prefectures | 35°50′11″N 139°48′27″E / 35.836342°N 139.807549°E | [3] |
As of 1 July 2014, six Places have been designated at a prefectural level.[4][5]
Site | Municipality | Comments | Image | Coordinates | Type | Ref. |
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Mount Tenran Scenery 天覧山の勝 Tenran-zan no katsu |
Hannō | 35°51′43″N 139°18′30″E / 35.861857°N 139.308314°E | [4] | |||
Mount Monomi Iwadonosan Kannon Scenery 物見山岩殿山観音の勝 Monomi-yama Iwadono-san Kannon no katsu |
Higashimatsuyama | 36°00′05″N 139°21′44″E / 36.001358°N 139.362355°E | [5] | |||
Tamayodo 玉淀 Tamayodo |
Yorii | 36°06′55″N 139°09′54″E / 36.115274°N 139.164870°E | [6] | |||
Ogose Plum Grove 越生の梅林 Ogose bairin |
Ogose | 35°58′20″N 139°16′26″E / 35.972206°N 139.273961°E | [7] | |||
Nakatsu Gorge 中津峡 Nakatsu-kyō |
Chichibu | 35°59′46″N 138°47′40″E / 35.996054°N 138.794339°E | [8] | |||
Heirin-ji Wooded Precinct 平林寺林泉境内 Heirinji rinsen keidai |
Niiza | 35°47′35″N 139°33′40″E / 35.793137°N 139.561086°E | [9] |
As of 1 May 2013, twenty-four Places have been designated at a municipal level.[6]